Hyderabad: Jahnavi Srilalitha Reddy and Sevitha Viju tied for the first place with 5.5 points from six rounds in the girls category of Telangana State Under-11 Girls chess championship.

Jahnavi clinched the issue in the tie-break decider. Nethra Chandupatla (5) and Nagalaxmi Seelam (4.5) took the third and fourth spots.

These four will represent Telangana State in the National Under-11 tourney, which will begin at Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu on July 28.

Prraneeth Vuppala and Chidvilas Sai make the boys team.